Bathroom shower set

ABSTRACT

A bathroom shower set, comprising a panel associated with a vertical sliding guide which is fixed to a wall of the intended space, the panel being adapted to delimit a portion of space that is adjacent to said wall and being capable of accommodating at least partially a flexible hose for conveying water from a connector that protrudes from said wall to the shower head, the panel having an opening that is adapted to allow the passage of said flexible hose and being further provided with a support for the removable resting of the end of the flexible hose that is connected to the handle of the shower head.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are conventional shower sets for bathrooms, known as slide bar sets, in which the head from which water exits is provided with means for connection to a vertical sliding guide, so as to allow the user to position the shower head at the height that he finds most appropriate by simply pushing it.

Water is fed to the shower head by means of a flexible hose, and the user generally can grip a handle that is jointly connected to the shower head in order to remove it from the sliding guide and handle it at will.

Shower sets of the described type comprised in the background art, however, suffer some drawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aim of the present invention is to eliminate such drawbacks by providing a bathroom shower set, characterized in that it comprises a panel associated with a vertical sliding guide which is fixed to the wall of the intended space, the panel being adapted to delimit a portion of space that is adjacent to said wall and being capable of accommodating at least partially a flexible hose for conveying water from a connector that protrudes from said wall to the shower head, the panel having an opening that is adapted to allow the passage of said flexible hose and being further provided with a support for the removable resting of the end of the flexible hose that is connected to the handle of the shower head.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become better apparent from the description of two preferred but not exclusive embodiments of a bathroom shower set, illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views of the shower set according to the invention, in two different operating situations;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the shower set arranged at the two end heights of its vertical stroke;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of some elements of the shower;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged-scale view of a detail of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view, taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the shower set according to the present invention in a second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a view of a detail of FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 and 9, the reference numeral 1 designates a panel associated with a guide 2 that is fixed to a wall 3 of a space intended for the shower set, so that it can slide with respect to said wall.

More precisely, the panel 1 has a profile 4 jointly connected thereto, and said profile constitutes the element for connection to the guide 2 with a male-female mating and is provided monolithically with a stiffening strip 4 a.

The user can thus make the panel 1 slide along the guide 2 between the two extreme positions that are shown respectively in FIGS. 3 and 4, determined by stroke limit abutments 4 b, 4 c, as described in greater detail hereinafter; the guide 2 has such as a length as to remain always concealed behind the panel 1 along its entire stroke, according to what is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

The panel 1 is provided, at the upper edge, with a support 5 that allows the removable resting of an end 6a of a flexible hose 6 that conveys water from a connector 7, optionally provided with a faucet, which exits from the wall 3, up to a head 8 with a handle 8 a of the shower set; the panel 1 is shaped so as to define a flat face 1 a, designed to be arranged parallel to the wall 3, and two sides 1 b, 1 c that are extended towards said wall; while the side 1 b skims the wall 3, the side 1 c is extended to a distance from said wall such as to define an opening that allows the passage of the flexible hose 6.

A portion of space is thereby delimited being comprised between the wall 3 and the face 1 a of the panel 1 and being capable of accommodating at least partially the flexible hose 6, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4; said flexible hose becomes movable by a user who, by gripping the handle 8 a of the shower head, moves the shower set into a situation such as the one shown in FIG. 2, utilizing the possibility to pass the flexible hose through the opening provided between the wall 3 and the end of the side 1 c.

The method of association between the sliding panel 1 and the fixed guide 2 is shown in FIG. 7; the guide 2 is provided with at least one and preferably a plurality of disks 9, which are pushed by a spring 10 into contact with the surface of the profile 4 that is jointly connected to the panel 1, thereby causing a sliding motion of the panel 1 pushed by the user in calibrated friction conditions which allows the arrangement of said panel in the position in which it is left; means 11 for removable locking of the panel in the selected position are provided and comprise a threaded shank that is designed to act on a block which is not shown in the figure and is designed to provide the desired locking by friction.

In a position that substantially faces said locking means 11 a grip handle 12 is provided, which is applied to the face of the panel 1 that is directed towards the wall 3 and is designed to be concealed from sight, and can be gripped by the user with the left hand while he grips the means 11 with the right hand, thereby achieving in optimum conditions for providing the sliding of the panel 1 along the guide 2.

The panel 1 has a continuous flat face 1 a, which is adapted to receive decorations of any kind; the embodiment of FIG. 8 illustrates a shower set which comprises a panel 13 that differs from panel 1 only for the presence of an opening 14 provided with a transparent strip for protecting light-emitting bodies arranged behind, and can be provided with a handle that is similar to the handle 12 described previously.

The described invention is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims; all the details may further be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.

The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No. MN2008A000006 from which this application claims priority are incorporated herein by reference. 

1. A bathroom shower set, comprising a panel associated with a vertical sliding guide which is fixed to a wall of the intended space, the panel being adapted to delimit a portion of space that is adjacent to said wall and being capable of accommodating at least partially a flexible hose for conveying water from a connector that protrudes from said wall to the shower head, the panel having an opening that is adapted to allow the passage of said flexible hose and being further provided with a support for the removable resting of the end of the flexible hose that is connected to the handle of the shower head.
 2. The shower set according to claim 1, wherein the support for resting the end of the flexible hose is fixed at the upper edge of the panel.
 3. The shower set according to claim 1, wherein the panel comprises a flat face that is designed to be arranged parallel to the wall of the intended space and two sides that are extended toward said wall, one of said sides skimming the wall while the other side is extended to a distance from said wall such as to provide an opening that allows the passage of the flexible hose.
 4. The shower set according to claim 1, wherein the panel has a continuous surface that is adapted to receive decorations.
 5. The shower set according to claim 1, wherein the panel has a surface that comprises an opening provided with a transparent strip for protecting light-emitting bodies that are arranged behind.
 6. The shower set according to claim 1, wherein the vertical sliding guide that is fixed to the wall of the intended space has such a length as to be always concealed from sight by the overlying panel.
 7. The shower set according to claim 1, further comprising means for the removable locking of the panel in its sliding motion in contact with the guide that is fixed to the wall of the intended space.
 8. The shower set according to claim 1, further comprising stroke limiting abutments for the sliding motion of the panel in contact with the guide that is fixed to the wall of the intended space.
 9. The shower set according to claim 1, wherein the guide that is fixed to the wall of the intended space is provided with at least one disk that is pushed by a spring in contact with the surface of a profile that is jointly connected to the panel associated with said guide, so as to cause a sliding motion of said panel that is pushed by the user in calibrated friction conditions.
 10. The shower set according to claim 1, further comprising a handle for grip by a user, which is applied to a face of the panel that is directed toward the wall. 